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Palaeo-Eskimo genetic ancestry and the peopling of Chukotka and North America

Palaeo-Eskimo genetic ancestry and the peopling of Chukotka and North America

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_infotracmisc_A588868603

Palaeo-Eskimo genetic ancestry and the peopling of Chukotka and North America

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Palaeo-Eskimo genetic ancestry and the peopling of Chukotka and North America

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Journal title

Nature, 2019, Vol.570 (7760), p.236

Language

English

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Nature Publishing Group

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Contents

Much of the American Arctic was first settled 5,000 years ago, by groups of people known as Palaeo-Eskimos. They were subsequently joined and largely displaced around 1,000 years ago by ancestors of the present-day Inuit and Yup'ik.sup.1-3. The genetic relationship between Palaeo-Eskimos and Native American, Inuit, Yup'ik and Aleut populations rema...

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Palaeo-Eskimo genetic ancestry and the peopling of Chukotka and North America

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TN_cdi_gale_infotracmisc_A588868603

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_infotracmisc_A588868603

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ISSN

0028-0836

DOI

10.1038/s41586-019-1251-y

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